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Leners Parent No. 72,863, @and Dezember 31, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE FENOBS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, A. LABAIR, of Peivankee, in the county of Waukesha,and State ot' Wisconsin, have invented a new and improved PortableFence; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art tomake and use the same, reference being had to thenccompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

ihis inven'tion relates to an improved portable fence. It consists of afence of upright and horizontal bars, having a foot or abutment'at eachend of each length, on opposite sides thereof, which may be made of thesame lumber as the uprights and horizontal bars. In the accompanyingdrawings- Figure 1 is a top or plan View,

`Figure 2 a front View, and

Figure 3 a'sectionat line y y oi' fig. 2, of my fence, contiguouslengths being placed with their end uprights and supports exactlyopposite one another; y

Figure 4 is a top or plan view,

Figure a front view, and

Figure 6 a section at line :u :v of iig. 5, oi' my fence, the lengthsoverlapping one another; and

Figure 7 is a top view orplan of tivo lengthsV arranged to form an anglefor a yard-fence, pen, or other enclosure, or to turn a corner. l

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The fence is composed oflengths, consisting of horizontal bars A A,having uprights B B bolted to them,

which in the present instance are, and it is intended should b egenerally, made of tlie same kind of lumber.

At each end of each length is a truss or support, consisting of thesloping piece C and ground or foot-piece D, also preferred to be of thesame kind of lumber as A and vI3. These supports are disposed onopposite sides of the length, as shown in the drawings. Y

In forming a long fence, by adding several lengths either ot' the plansmay be adopted shown respectively in figs. 1, 2, and 3, and figs. 4, 5.,and 5. In that shoiyn in igs. l, 2, and 3, the pin ais drivenl throughthe uprights B at the end of each of two contiguous lengths, thesupports being opposite t'o each other. In the mode of constructionshown in figs. .4, 5, and 6, the lengths overlap each other, and thepins a are dri-ven through one of the horizontal bars in each length,the supports being still on opposite sides. In forming a yard or otherenclosure, orvturning a corner, the cornerl is formed by tvo contiguouslengths, arranged in the position shown in fig. 7, at right angles toone another, or at any other desired angle, and ysecured by the pins a,driven through one of the horizontal bars in one length, into thesloping piece C at c.

The fence'as above described possesses, among others, the followingadvantages: It can be constructed with less labor and cost of material,and, even if constructed of, lighter material, will be firmer thanordinary fences. The whole can also he made of one and the same kind oflumber. It is readily put together and taken apart. No gate or movablebars are necessary, as either end of either length of the fencfoan becarried round for the team to drive through, and then closed back to thecontiguous length. Each length also stands by itself, and the wholefence maybe packed away in a smallcompass. For yarding or penning it isalso` superior to any other fence.

I do not claim the construction of a fence in lengths of horizontal andvertical bars, but I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent- A fence constructed as specified, and so devised that all theparts may be formed of the same kind ot'lumber, substantially asdescribed.

' A LABAIR.

Witnesses:

WM. HULL, TuoMAs CAMPBELL.

